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Since its inception in 1969, Cummings Properties has striven
to offer Greater Boston businesses quality commercial space
at reasonable rates. The firm has strategically grown its
portfolio over the years to offer high value and high visibility
at the crossroads of New England where I-95 (Route 128) and
I-93 meet.
With no mortgages on any of its properties, Cummings Properties
is one of the most financially solid real estate firms in
the country.
Company Timeline
1969 - Cummings Properties is founded by William Cummings
and headquartered in Woburn, MA. At the time, it was known
as Cummings Industrial Centers.
1971 - Cummings Properties develops Cummings Park
on Washington Street in Woburn, making it the first major
commercial real estate development at the junction of Route
128 (I-95) and I-93.
1986 - Joyce and Bill Cummings establish
Cummings Foundation, Inc.
1986 - Cummings Properties builds the 150-unit Place
Lane Condominium in Woburn.
1989 - Cummings Properties begins acquiring properties
in other communities, including Burlington, Marlborough, Medford,
Somerville, Stoneham, Sudbury, Wakefield, and Wilmington.
1990 - New
Horizons at Choate assisted living community at the newly
renovated Choate Hospital, is established by Cumings Foundation
and welcomes its first resident.
1994 - Bill and Joyce Cummings establish New
Horizons at Marlborough retirement community at the former
Madonna Hall School for Girls.
1996 - Cummings Properties purchases the 2 million
square foot former headquarters of United Shoe Machinery in
Beverly, MA. The firm begins a top-to-bottom restoration of
the 1903-era North Shore landmark, and transforms the dilapidated
"Shoe" into the award-winning Cummings Center.
1997 - Cummings Center is the subject of an October
2, 1997 Wall Street Journal article and hailed as "the
single most important concrete landmark in this country."
1998 - Bill Cummings is named Real Estate Entrepreneur
of the Year for New England by Ernst & Young.
2007 - Cummings Properties is included in Buildings
Magazine's Top 25 Organizations to Watch.
2008 - Cummings Properties opens the newly constructed
TradeCenter 128
on the site of the original Northeast Trade Center in Woburn,
MA. This 550,000 square foot, highly visible, first-class
office building directly fronts Route 128/Interstate 95, also
known as America's Technology Highway.
2010 - TradeCenter 128 is named Project
of the Year by Boston/SF News.
2011 - Cummings Properties receives Energy Star labels
for 18 Commerce Way in Woburn and 500 Cummings Center in Beverly.
A total of seven Cummings buildings have earned this distinction
by meeting or exceeding the EPA's rigorous standards.
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